Don't Just Tell Us About The Pen You're Using *show* Us!, 2017

[pankaj]

Ok. Here's something ...

 

Can a Venvstat Magna be on your list?

- ink capacity is 3.0ml (not a typo.)

- extended nib for med to large hands.

- writes like a reeds pen.

- semi transparent .. Vacumatic-ish?

- no clip and not postable (can be made with clip and be postable)

- stylish nib section

- carbon fiber feed and section - superior wetness ... So large ink reservoir is required.

 

How does it handle? Judge yourself. 12mm barrel. Feels like carbon fiber (matted) good grip!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your collection is no doubt highly impressive . But more than that what is more adorable is your hand writing : you got a style ! So nice !

[pankaj]

I'm often overwhelmed by the Nib , and not the pen.

 

An MB LE : Andrew Carnegie. This is one of my favorite MB nibs. So I often use this, but not in meetings in its bling , its a little naughty in the beauty department, and to me it appears quite loud. Still I tend to lay my hands on it so often , simply for the nib ( no pun intended )

 

I think it compares better even against my other nib : a Cervantes WE stub blessed by Pendleton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And it compares better against the Cervantes stubbed by great Pendleton, which is also one of my most favorites :

 

 

 

My apologies for stuffing so much here instead of the Review or Nibs thread.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[SNAK]

What an impressive collection of those PPP , SNAK !

And strewn around in the cups, cupboards, purse....

Do you really need so many, given your unique and beautiful hand ? ( respectfully smiling )

Your collection of pens is really awesome !

pankaj, thank you.

"Do you really need so many?" I hear that from my husband a lot. We both have our passion/interest so we try to keep things in perspective. My defence is that, my passions (pens and art supplies) don't take up as much space as surfboards or cars.

 

I'm often overwhelmed by the Nib , and not the pen.

 

An MB LE : Andrew Carnegie. This is one of my favorite MB nibs. So I often use this, but not in meetings in its bling , its a little naughty in the beauty department, and to me it appears quite loud. Still I tend to lay my hands on it so often , simply for the nib ( no pun intended )

 

I think it compares better even against my other nib : a Cervantes WE stub blessed by Pendleton.

 

 

 

Wow the Andrew Carnegie is gorgeous. And I don't think it's conference-room-inappropriate, especially if you hold the cap in your left hand as you write. If you post the cap when you write, maaaaaybe it may attract some looks but I still don't think it's naughty, it's just art!

[eliweisz]

My Aurora Optima Blue/Gold with F nib today filled with Pilot Iroshizuku Tsuki-Yo.

 

Earlier this week, I've read a review of the new Aurora 88 flexible nib - which is actually not even semi-flexible, at least in the reviewer's hand. And what I see now? A regular Aurora Fine, well-known for its rigidity, showing a decent amount of flex. Maybe you're lucky enough to have an exceptional nib, or it's your hand. No matter - loved both the shots and your writing style.

 

Now I finally have this ink in a lesser Pilot - a CH 912. It appeared too pale at first, but now I enjoy it a lot, especially on ivory paper.

 

Tas, InkyFingers, and Eli, thank you for your encouragement on my previous post.

 

Today I have some of my Platinum Pocket pens to show you. Theses are the ones I could easily grab from my out of rotation drawers since the others are just everywhere in bags and different rooms, inked and kept inked since who knows when. But they just keep going and going without any maintenance whatsoever. I do like my Platinum Pocket pens better, for the purpose I use them for (purse pen, kept in cups, used randomly around the house with waterproof and bad-paper-proof Carbon Black ink) but I have quite a few Pilot and Sailor long/short pens too.

This is a Platinum family portrait for another thread.

 

 

Pen: Platinum Pocket Pen (Soft Fine)

Ink: Platinum Carbon Black

Paper: Life Cream Writing Pad

I totally share your love for Platinum Pocket Pens! I have only one (third from the right on the picture above). It's been adjusted by a nibmeister, and never failed me since then. Here's an old Sepia shot of this 'little guy':

http://c1.staticflickr.com/1/627/22686602645_b9fb1afb1e_b.jpg

 

http://i449.photobucket.com/albums/qq213/manofkent_2008/2017/Liliput_zpsofqpmsyn.jpg

Hmmm... Have to unwrap my Sepia/Caramel Brown cartridges, it's been ages since I used one.

 

Swing into spring with green! Love everything about this shot.

[the_gasman]

 

A lovely little FrankenPen made from a quaint little Burnham 44 with a lovely opalescent body and a Conway Stewart broad oblique stub (from a tatty "International" IIRC). The original nib on the B44 was a nasty GP nib that had severe corrosion within the base, enclosed by the section. Much to my surprise, the hybrid is a wonderfully wet writer with gratifying line variation (not shown at its best in the background page). The nib is tiny but fabulous:

 

 

When I said it was "quaint" and "tiny", here it is next to a Parker Slimfold, which looks like a giant by comparison. I usually write with my pens un-posted but I make an exception for this tiddler.

 

 

Cheers,

David.

[parkerwasmyfirstlove]

So much great pens in there. Just want to share what I'm currently still using for drawing/ sketching outside.

The Delta Dolcevita federico bamboo with Iroshizuku chiku rin, just recently refilled.

And the result.

Edited March 24, 2017 by parkerwasmyfirstlove

[friedrichwild]

So much great pens in there. Just want to share what I'm currently still using for drawing/ sketching outside.

 

The Delta Dolcevita federico bamboo with Iroshizuku chiku rin, just recently refilled.

And the result.

Amazing!!!

[perfaddict]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pen: Platinum Pocket Pen (Soft Fine)

Ink: Platinum Carbon Black

Paper: Life Cream Writing Pad

 

This should put paid to concerns about Platinum Carbon ink clogging.

 

Beautiful pens, as well as the (unusual to me) expression of your lovely writing from a fine(?) nib.

 

 

 

Now I finally have this ink in a lesser Pilot - a CH 912. It appeared too pale at first, but now I enjoy it a lot, especially on ivory paper.

 

 

 

Glad you like the ink.

[Coop]

[Noihvo]

 

[the_gasman]

 

Do it when you get home; there are more interesting books to read while you do it!

 

David

Edited March 24, 2017 by the_gasman

[rob-k]

BLOOD ON THE TRACKS

Edited March 24, 2017 by rob-k

[max dog]

[Diderot]

 

BLOOD ON THE TRACKS

 

 

I like this picture, but what is the ink?

[SNAK]

 

BLOOD ON THE TRACKS

 

Old Turquoise! Was that the last of it? I love that colour!

This is all sorts of beautiful. Amazing shot rob-k.

[SNAK]

I totally share your love for Platinum Pocket Pens! I have only one (third from the right on the picture above). It's been adjusted by a nibmeister, and never failed me since then. Here's an old Sepia shot of this 'little guy':

http://c1.staticflickr.com/1/627/22686602645_b9fb1afb1e_b.jpg

Eli, I am glad you are enjoying your little Pocket Pen. What problem did it have with the nib originally?

With your Brass Wave Lilliput, we are matchy matchy!

 

 

A lovely little FrankenPen made from a quaint little Burnham 44 with a lovely opalescent body and a Conway Stewart broad oblique stub (from a tatty "International" IIRC). The original nib on the B44 was a nasty GP nib that had severe corrosion within the base, enclosed by the section. Much to my surprise, the hybrid is a wonderfully wet writer with gratifying line variation (not shown at its best in the background page). The nib is tiny but fabulous:

 

Cheers,

David.

Your handwriting on the background of the pen is really nice! I enjoy wet and smooth broad oblique myself, and yours looks like its practically oozing ink! Lovely.

 

 

This should put paid to concerns about Platinum Carbon ink clogging.

 

Beautiful pens, as well as the (unusual to me) expression of your lovely writing from a fine(?) nib.

Thanks so much perfaddict.

Indeed, contrary to a lot of warnings and cautionary tales I read about, in my experience, Carbon Black is a well behaving ink without clogging problems (for me anyway) in my pens. I have a couple of deskpens (by Platinum) that have had Carbon Black ink in them for at least 3 years and I don't recall changing the cartridge ever in one of them, and it's been going like that and still its nib is wet and ready to write, and the cartridge is at least half full so not much evaporation happening either.

 

***Confession Time: I am ashamed to say that I don't know how many pens I have inked up at any moment, because I never count and I don't keep them all in the same place. That's why I never post on one of those "How many pens do you have inked up?" threads that come up occasionally, as reading about other people's impeccable pen hygiene makes me feel guilty and dirty. But if I ever do find a dried up nib on a pen under a car mat or behind a desk, I will flush it quickly and buzz the nib and feed in a 2-minute cycle in my ultrasonic cleaner, and all is well. Confession Time Over***

[pankaj]

Chinese pens and Indian ebonite eyedroppers are VFM , but we know they are congenitally weak in the nib department, unless gifted with special nibs at a cost. In a way their strength ( read low cost ) is their weakness. Anyway, some face lift and see how the penny stock gets momentum !

 

Expensive tho' , and may be sounding crazy, I enjoy a few like this : ( pl don't ask me : oh --, then why not the real stuff ? but in a circus I adore more the clown performing the most daring acts without tension visible on the face ! )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[eliweisz]

 

This should put paid to concerns about Platinum Carbon ink clogging.

 

Glad you like the ink.

I have to thank you once again for your "mouthwatering" photos. You made me go after this ink. What I like about it is its ability to darken after a day or two.

 

BLOOD ON THE TRACKS

 

What a glorious shot!

 

Eli, I am glad you are enjoying your little Pocket Pen. What problem did it have with the nib originally?

With your Brass Wave Lilliput, we are matchy matchy!

Matchy matchy we are Regarding the little Platinum, it was a huge disappointment from the start - bought in the first days of my pen craze, it arrived scratchy, dry, skippy - you name it. After a few months, my friend tweaked the nib, making this beautiful pen usable - but when I changed the cartridge, it refused to write again. No flow. Nada. So it sat idle for a year, until I sent it to Spain - and in a few weeks, the pen returned healthy and smooth.

 

Here, a few Chuck Berry quotes:

 

http://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2855/32769271544_d4f1a7a9ac_b.jpg

 

Parker 51 Vacumatic (UK), 0.8mm Minuskin Stub, De Atramentis Thomas Alva Edison, Clairefontaine Europa Notemaker

[max dog]

[Tas]

 

 

 

 

Parker 51 Vacumatic (UK), 0.8mm Minuskin Stub, De Atramentis Thomas Alva Edison, Clairefontaine Europa Notemaker

I adore your block capitals and I hereby request you post a video of you actually writing. I'd love to see your mastery at work.